History AttentionWhore / ComicBooks

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-->'''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Joker]]:''' [[NotMeThisTime Do you really think I would stir up so much trouble and not make sure you knew it was me?]]

* ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'':
** Booster often ruins covert hero operations by alerting his publicist to where he and the rest of the Justice league will be just so he can draw a crowd.
** Later {{subverted|Trope}} when Booster gets recruited by Rip Hunter as a guardian of the time stream. By this point Booster has become a competent, serious hero, but he has to maintain his public image as a screw-up attention whore to avoid getting killed in the crib.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in the story ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore''. After saving a person's life at a concert, Superman waves at [[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]]. Clark Kent's boss Morgan Edge and other characters misunderstand his actions and claim that Superman loves to show off and grandstand.
** The villainess Livewire has this as the core of her personality. Even ''before'' she got her powers, she was a ShockJock who demanded to be the center of attention.

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[[folder: Marvel]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The reason that the Wasp has the most UnlimitedWardrobe among heroines is not only to flaunt her looks, but her wealth.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** [[MasterOfIllusion Mysterio]], By his own admission, no less! His main goal in life is to become famous, and pretty much everything he does is an attempt to achieve his goal. He was originally a special effects artist in a movie studio, but he didn't think his job was making him famous enough. He tried to get into acting for the extra recognition, but his career never went anywhere. He became a supervillain after a friend sarcastically told him that becoming a criminal seemed like a [[FameThroughInfamy good way to get famous.]]
** C-list villain Screwball was a social media influencer who would livestream her crimes for the sake of entertaining her 18 million followers.

** Elixir subconsciously used his powers to change his skin into a reflective golden color so that he'd stand out more. Before he discovered he was a mutant, he joined an anti-mutant terrorist group because he ''thought it would make him more popular''.
** Also, the Mimic, from earlier in the X-Men. This is about 90% of his motivation for screwing around with the X-Men, showing off.
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]] wears those {{Stripperific}} suits on [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl purpose]]. (Although it's also partially for [[DistractedByTheSexy psychological warfare]] against men, as she has claimed.)
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* Sandorst in ''ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw'' who sinks so low as to blow up a bridge carrying the soldier protecting him to steal the glory for himself.
* Fred Christ of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' will do absolutely ''anything'' to keep from being ignored. He continuously champions various social causes not out of belief, but because if he's their leader, it gets him media notice. Ultimately, however, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he dies fighting for a cause he actually believes in, even though nobody can see it]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Dreamkeepers}}'':
** Mace, Whip and Namah, especially in Prelude.
** "Musical sensation" and political advisor Tinsel might very well be the mistress of this trope. One scene has her walking through a very large room, with several bickering politicians a little to the side of her path. She detours ''right into the center of the crowd'', only to lament that she's "busy", and walks off. And considering her usual wardrobe choices, the latter word in this phrase is decidedly appropriate.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity,'' Crackerjack is the pre-eminent example of this trope. He shamelessly boasts about his crimefighting skills, hogs the spotlight without regard to the feelings of his comrades, and never met a camera he didn't like. While he is a fantastic physical specimen and BadassNormal, his grandiosity is too much for ''any'' amount of skill to back up.

** [[MasterOfIllusion Mysterio]]'s main goal in life is to become famous, and pretty much everything he does is an attempt to achieve his goal. He was originally a special effects artist in a movie studio, but he didn't think his job was making him famous enough. He tried to get into acting for the extra recognition, but his career never went anywhere. He became a supervillain after a friend sarcastically told him that becoming a criminal seemed like a [[FameThroughInfamy good way to get famous.]]

** [[Characters/EmmaFrostWhiteQueen Emma Frost]] wears those {{Stripperific}} suits on [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl purpose]]. (Although it's also partially for [[DistractedByTheSexy psychological warfare]] against men, as she has claimed.)

** Mysterio's main goal in life is to become famous, and pretty much everything he does is an attempt to achieve his goal. He was originally a special effects artist in a movie studio, but he didn't think his job was making him famous enough. He tried to get into acting for the extra recognition, but his career never went anywhere. He became a supervillain after a friend sarcastically told him that becoming a criminal seemed like a [[FameThroughInfamy good way to get famous.]]

** At one point in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', the Caped Crusader has to contend with Wingman, an attention-seeking Swedish superhero who’s [[FollowTheLeader blatantly mimicking Batman to try and steal the limelight]]. He’s so obsessed with being the center of attention that [[spoiler:when the world fails to validate his ego, he backstabs his former teammates and Batman to a supervillain, blaming and resenting them for “holding him back” from Justice League-level fame]].

* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade''. Linda Lee -- a.k.a. ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} -- accidentally breaks her own desk, and her school's principal accuses her from destroying it intentionally because she demands everyone's attention. He also ignores her when she tries to explain it was an accident.
-->'''Principal Pickelmeyer:''' In the future, perhaps you could choose a less destructive manner to beg for attention from your classmates?

* Sandorst in ''ComicBook/TheAutumnlandsToothAndClaw'' who sinks so low as to blow up a bridge carrying the soldier protecting him to steal the glory for himself.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
** This is why [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler the Riddler]] [[BondVillainStupidity does what he does]].
** A ''lot'' of Batman villains fit this trope. Even [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] is about half this, with the other half being an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac.
-->'''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood Joker]]:''' [[NotMeThisTime Do you really think I would stir up so much trouble and not make sure you knew it was me?]]
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanDigitalJustice'', this is Gata's explicit motivation, even before she becomes ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}.
** At one point in ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'', the Caped Crusader has to contend with Wingman, an attention-seeking Swedish superhero who’s [[FollowTheLeader blatantly mimicking Batman to try and steal the limelight]]. He’s so obsessed with being the center of attention that [[spoiler:when the world fails to validate his ego, he backstabs his former teammates and Batman to a supervillain, blaming and resenting them for “holding him back” from Justice League-level fame]].
* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': The reason that the Wasp has the most UnlimitedWardrobe among heroines is not only to flaunt her looks, but her wealth.
* ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'':
** Booster often ruins covert hero operations by alerting his publicist to where he and the rest of the Justice league will be just so he can draw a crowd.
** Later {{subverted|Trope}} when Booster gets recruited by Rip Hunter as a guardian of the time stream. By this point Booster has become a competent, serious hero, but he has to maintain his public image as a screw-up attention whore to avoid getting killed in the crib.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** Mysterio's main goal in life is to become famous, and pretty much everything he does is an attempt to achieve his goal. He was originally a special effects artist in a movie studio, but he didn't think his job was making him famous enough. He tried to get into acting for the extra recognition, but his career never went anywhere. He became a supervillain after a friend sarcastically told him that becoming a criminal seemed like a [[FameThroughInfamy good way to get famous.]]

* Subverted in ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' story ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore''. After saving a person's life at a concert, Superman waves at Comicbook/LoisLane. Clark Kent's boss Morgan Edge and other characters misunderstand his actions and claim that Superman loves to show off and grandstand.
* Superman villainess Livewire plays this straight. Even ''before'' she got her powers, she was a ShockJock who demanded to be the center of attention.
* Subverted in ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade''. Linda Lee -aka Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}- accidentally breaks her own desk, and her school's Principal accuses her from destroying it intentionally because she demands everyone's attention. He also ignores her when she tries to explain it was an accident.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Even before she becomes the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Priscilla Rich cannot stand for other people to get more attention than her, and she even attempts to murder Wonder Woman over being the center of attention during a fundraising performance they're both part of because Diana is top billed. She ruins her own disguise and infiltration of Paradise Island at one point because she can't stand that someone else is going to win a footrace if she doesn't.

* ''Comicbook/XMen'':
** Elixir. He subconsciously used his powers to change his skin into a reflective golden color so he'd stand out more. Before he discovered he was a mutant, he joined an anti-mutant terrorist group because he ''thought it would make him more popular''.

** ComicBook/EmmaFrost. She wears those {{Stripperific}} suits on [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl purpose]]. (Although it's also partially for [[DistractedByTheSexy psychological warfare]] against men, as she has claimed.)
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** This is why ComicBook/TheRiddler [[BondVillainStupidity does what he does.]]
** A ''lot'' of Batman villains fit this trope. Even ComicBook/TheJoker is about half this, with the other half being AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac.

** In ''ComicBook/BatmanDigitalJustice'', this is ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'s explicit motivation, even before she becomes Catwoman.
* Erm, [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the Wasp]]. The reason she has the most UnlimitedWardrobe among heroines is not only to flaunt her looks, but her wealth.
* ComicBook/BoosterGold:
** The guy often ruins covert hero operations by alerting his publicist to where he and the rest of the Justice league will be just so he can draw a crowd.
** Later subverted when Booster gets recruited by Rip Hunter as a guardian of the time stream. By this point Booster has become a competent, serious hero, but he has to maintain his public image as a screw-up attention whore to avoid getting killed in the crib.
* Fred Christ of ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' will do absolutely ''anything'' to keep from being ignored. He continuously champions various social causes not out of belief, but because if he's their leader, it gets him media notice. Ultimately, however, [[WhatYouAreInTheDark he dies fighting for a cause he actually believes in, even though nobody can see it.]]

** "Musical sensation" and political advisor Tinsel might very well be the mistres of this trope. One scene has her walking through a very large room, with several bickering politicians a little to the side of her path. She detours ''right into the center of the crowd'', only to lament that she's "busy", and walks off. And considering her usual wardrobe choices, the latter word in this phrase is decidedly appropriate.

* At one point in ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman run, the Caped Crusader has to contend with Wingman, an attention-seeking Swedish superhero who’s [[FollowTheLeader blatantly mimicking Batman to try and steal the limelight]]. He’s so obsessed with being the center of attention that [[spoiler:when the world fails to validate his ego, he backstabs his former teammates and Batman to a supervillain, blaming and resenting them for “holding him back” from Justice League-level fame.]]

** In ''ComicBook/BatmanDigitalJustice'', this is Catwoman's explicit motivation, even before she becomes Catwoman.

** This is why the Riddler [[BondVillainStupidity does what he does.]]

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Even before she becomes the first ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} Priscilla Rich cannot stand for other people to get more attention than her, and she even attempts to murder Wonder Woman over being the center of attention during a fundraising performance they're both part of because Diana is top billed. She ruins her own disguise and infiltration of Paradise Island at one point because she can't stand that someone else is going to win a footrace if she doesn't.